2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
The Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships was held on 10 December 2016.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.| Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
| World record Championship record | 7:32.85 | Doha | 3 December 2014 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 12:12.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 8 | Mallory Comerford Sarah Gibson Katie Drabot Leah Smith | 7:41.25 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Zhang Yuhan Ai Yanhan Dong Jie Shen Duo | 7:46.25 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | 7 | Kennedy Goss Alexia Zevnik Taylor Ruck Penny Oleksiak | 7:46.33 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | Daria Mullakaeva Irina Krivonogova Daria Ustinova Arina Openysheva | 7:46.39 | Q | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Tomomi Aoki Chihiro Igarashi Yui Yamane Aya Takano | 7:47.47 | Q | |
| 6 | 1 | 9 | Carla Buchanan Jemma Schlicht Ariarne Titmus Kiah Melverton | 7:48.61 | Q | |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Annika Bruhn Marlene Huther Reva Foos Celine Rieder | 7:48.67 | Q, NR | |
| 8 | 1 | 4 | Signe Bro Sarah Bro Mie Nielsen Maj Howardsen | 7:51.76 | Q | |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | Barbora Seemanová Simona Baumrtová Barbora Závadová Martina Elhenická | 7:52.89 | Q, NR | |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Tan Chi Yan Lei On Kei Choi Weng Tong Long Chi Wai | 8:42.00 | Q, NR |
Final
The final was held at 20:18.| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 3 | Katerine Savard Taylor Ruck Kennedy Goss Penny Oleksiak | 7:33.89 | AM | ||
| 4 | Leah Smith Mallory Comerford Sarah Gibson Madisyn Cox | 7:38.65 | |||
| 6 | Daria Mullakaeva Daria Ustinova Arina Openysheva Veronika Popova | 7:39.93 | NR | ||
| 4 | 7 | Brittany Elmslie Carla Buchanan Ariarne Titmus Kiah Melverton | 7:40.00 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Tomomi Aoki Chihiro Igarashi Aya Takano Rikako Ikee | 7:41.97 | NR | |
| 6 | 5 | Zhang Yuhan Ai Yanhan Dong Jie Shen Duo | 7:42.09 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Annika Bruhn Reva Foos Marlene Huther Celine Rieder | 7:48.22 | NR | |
| 8 | 8 | Signe Bro Mie Nielsen Sarah Bro Maj Howardsen | 7:49.95 |